Pratola Peligna onciario 1745

Sections of the Onciario

• Introductory Page
• Cittadini abitanti (Residing citizens), 393 "fuochi" from page 1 to 748, surnames starting with: [A- » C-] [ D ] [G- » M-] [N- » P-] [R- » Z-]
• Ecclesiastici secolari cittadini (13 fuochi) [= Residing Churchmen] from page 767
• Chiese e cappelle di questa terra (6 fuochi) [= Churches of this place] from page 791
• Forastieri non abitanti laici (35 fuochi) [= Secular Non-Residing Foreigners] from page 820
• Chiese di altra terra (13 fuochi) [= Churches of other places] from page 897

10 Widows and Virgins, pages 754 to 766

11 Resident Foreigners, pages 804 to 818

Notes to the terms used

• "nipote"= this in Italian may be either grandson/granddaughter or nephew/niece, depending on the context and ages declared it is usually possible to infer which
• "vergine in capillis"= teen girls of marriageable age and still unmarried ladies; they were allowed to go bareheaded, while married women had to cover their hair
• "decrepito"= elderly males over 75 years old, who usually were exempted from paying the tax on activity.
• "bracciale"= a farm labourer who works the land of others, with different types of contracts
• "bifolco"= from the Latin "bubulcus", a farmer owning oxen that was hired to plough lands
• "civile"= a professional that did not perform physical activities, such as lawyers, notaries, etc.
• some other jobs were usually left in the original Italian, also because they had a special meaning that is not used any more.